
About Matthew Hind
Dr Hind trained in London in general internal and respiratory medicine and was appointed Consultant Respiratory Physician to Royal Brompton Hospital in 2007. He established a lab at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College to investigate human lung development and repair/regeneration which he believes will offer future cures for many respiratory diseases. In 2019, he established the National NHS Rare disease clinical network on Congenital Thoracic Malformations.
Over the last 16 years, he has been involved in leading care of patients in complex multi-disciplinary teams worldwide. He has a large family, enjoys being outdoors and inherited a primal interest in salmon and sea trout fishing.
Expertise
- Breathlessness
- Cough
- Respiratory Infection
- Sleep
- Snoring
- Congenital Lung Disease
- COPD/Emphysema
- Respiratory Failure
- and Weaning from the ICU
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Research highlights
Notable Publications:
A method for TAT-Cre recombinase-mediated floxed allele modification in ex vivo tissue slices. Cheong SS, Luis TC, Stewart M, Hillier R, Hind M, Dean CH. Dis Model Mech. 2023 Nov 1;16(11):dmm050267. doi: 10.1242/dmm.050267. Epub 2023 Nov 3.PMID: 37828896
COPD in the chromosomes. Cockbain B, Morris-Rosendahl D, Corrigan A, Hind MD. Thorax. 2022 May 12:thoraxjnl-2022-218782. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2022-218782. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35552249 No abstract available.
Atrial Fibrillation, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: No Easy Fix. Hind M, Wong T. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Sep 1;204(5):503-505. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202105-1208ED.PMID: 34153194
They SHALL grow old: a UK rare disease clinical network for adult congenital thoracic malformations. Bush A, Pabary R, Allinson J, Hind M. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Jul;106(7):625-626. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321858. Epub 2021 Apr 7.PMID: 33827785 No abstract available.
An Ex Vivo Acid Injury and Repair (AIR) Model Using Precision-Cut Lung Slices to Understand Lung Injury and Repair. Kim SY, Mongey R, Griffiths M, Hind M, Dean CH. Curr Protoc Mouse Biol. 2020 Dec;10(4):e85. doi: 10.1002/cpmo.85.PMID: 33217226
The Planar Polarity Component VANGL2 Is a Key Regulator of Mechanosignaling. Cheong SS, Akram KM, Matellan C, Kim SY, Gaboriau DCA, Hind M, Del Río Hernández AE, Griffiths M, Dean CH. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Oct 29;8:577201. doi:10.3389/fcell.2020.577201.eCollection 2020.PMID: 33195213
The acid injury and repair (AIR) model: A novel ex-vivo tool to understand lung repair. Kim SY, Mongey R, Wang P, Rothery S, Gaboriau DCA, Hind M, Griffiths M, Dean CH. Biomaterials. 2021 Jan;267:120480. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120480. Epub 2020 Oct 21.PMID: 33157373
Weaning by Surgical Tracheostomy and Portable Ventilators Released ICU Ventilators During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Surge in London. Singh S, Hind M, Jordan S, Ward P, Field D, Polkey M, Collier J.Crit Care Explor. 2020 Aug 19;2(8):e0193. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000193. eCollection 2020Aug.PMID: 32885173
Mechanism of lung development in the aetiology of adult congenital pulmonary airway malformations. Taylor B, Rice A, Nicholson AG, Hind M, Dean CH.Thorax. 2020 Nov;75(11):1001-1003. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214752. Epub 2020 Jul 30.PMID: 32732323
Lung Development Genes and Adult Lung Function. Portas L, Pereira M, Shaheen SO, Wyss AB, London SJ, Burney PGJ, Hind M, Dean CH, Minelli C.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep 15;202(6):853-865. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201912-2338OC.PMID: 32392078
Respiratory management in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Price S, Singh S, Ledot S, Bianchi P, Hind M, Tavazzi G, Vranckx P.Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2020 Apr;9(3):229-238. doi: 10.1177/2048872620924613. Epub 2020 May 7.PMID: 32375488
Time-lapse Imaging of Alveologenesis in Mouse Precision-cut Lung Slices. Akram KM, Yates LL, Mongey R, Rothery S, Gaboriau DCA, Sanderson J, Hind M, Griffiths M, Dean CH.Bio Protoc. 2019 Oct 20;9(20):e3403. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3403. eCollection 2019 Oct 20.PMID: 33654904
Bony Breathlessness: Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension in Melnick-Needles Syndrome Using Noninvasive Ventilation. Cockbain B, Price LC, Hind M.Circulation. 2019 Sep 9;140(10):880-885. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040833. Epub 2019 Sep 3.PMID: 31479319
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome: beware of investigations undertaken supine. Liew F, Gargoum F, Potter R, Rosen SD, Ward S, Hind M, Polkey MI.Thorax. 2019 Sep;74(9):917-919. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213258. Epub 2019 May 30.PMID: 31147400
Regenerative pharmacology for COPD: breathing new life into old lungs. Ng-Blichfeldt JP, Gosens R, Dean C, Griffiths M, Hind M.Thorax. 2019 Sep;74(9):890-897. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212630. Epub 2019 Apr 2.PMID: 30940772
Live imaging of alveologenesis in precision-cut lung slices reveals dynamic epithelial cell behaviour. Akram KM, Yates LL, Mongey R, Rothery S, Gaboriau DCA, Sanderson J, Hind M, Griffiths M, Dean CH.Nat Commun. 2019 Mar 12;10(1):1178. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09067-3.PMID: 30862802
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